Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

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Georgetown, Guyana

June 13, 2017

National Codex Committee Stakeholders’ Information Forum

Globally, food and nutrition security are of paramount importance to many countries, Guyana being no exception. One body which is assisting in the fight to maintain food and nutrition security in Guyana is the National Codex Committee(NCC)whose mandate it is to facilitate national discussion on food safety issue and present positions on food safety issues affecting producers and consumers.

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Georgetown, Guyana

June 13, 2017

MANAGING OUR INDEPENDENCE AND CREATING NEW POSSIBILITIES

This was the theme of the recently concluded Annual General and Network Meetings of the Women Agro-processing Development Network (WADN) which has evolved after several years of agro-process being done mostly from the kitchen of our parents and grandparents and the products sold from small stands near the homesteads or directly from the kitchen door.

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Georgetown, Guyana

June 13, 2017

Cost of Production Training

The IICA Delegation in Guyana in collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation for the past few months executed Cost of Production training sessions targeting both farmers and agro processors, so that they can adequately negotiate realistic and competitive prices on the market.

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June 9, 2017

Flagship Project Competitiveness and sustainability of agricultural chains: progress made in 2016

As part of the Institute's policy of transparency and accountability, we share the main advances of this Flagship Project.

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Kingston, Jamaica

June 9, 2017

​Innovations for sustainable production seek to propel the beekeepers sector

Agricultural authorities expressed their satisfaction with the Institute’s support, especially with its focus on supporting the Ministry, youth entrepreneurship and resource mobilization.

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Washington, D.C.

June 6, 2017

IICA supports the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture to promote public private partnerships in agriculture in Latin America.

IICA’s Director General Dr. Victor Villalobos attended the 12th World Economic Forum in Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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Washington, D.C.

June 6, 2017

Strengthening the dairy goat value chain in Trinidad and Tobago

At the beginning of this process, a group of more than 20 actors participated in a series of workshops to identify the main challenges facing the value chain. 

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June 2, 2017

Peru and Colombia begin preparations to comply with new requirements for exporting food to the U. S.

More than 50 professionals were trained in complying with FSMA standards, which regulate the export of processed food to the United States. The participants will in turn share their knowledge with other actors in the sector.  

Tiempo de lectura: 3mins

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St. Lucia

June 1, 2017

IICA presents its contributions to the agricultural development of St. Lucia

Agricultural authorities expressed their satisfaction with the Institute’s support, especially with its focus on supporting the Ministry, youth entrepreneurship and resource mobilization.

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